HC Deb 07 May 2002 vol 385 cc95-6W
20. Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds for elderly people there were in residential homes in(a) May 1997 and (b) April 2002. [52791]

Jacqui Smith

On 31 March 1997 there were some 261,600 places for older people in residential care homes. The number of places on 31 March 2001 was 260,100, a reduction of 0.5 per cent.

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